Mattress or cushion covering



Aug."30, 1932. w. GEORGE 1,874,494

MATTRESS 0R CUSHION COVERING Filed April 50, 1929 In ve ntor /V/Y//aw gea/ya Patented Aug. 30, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEy WILLIAM GEORG-E, 0F LIBERTY, NEW YORK MATTRESS OR CUSHION COVERING Application filed April 3G, 1929. Serial No. 359,379.

This invention relates to the art of manutress or cushion consisting of a covering in facturing mattresses and cushions, and has the form of a casing, and which covering is more particular reference to a casing or covadapted to receive suitable llingv materials, ering for a mattress or cushion. whereby the covering or casing together with The primary object of the invention is to the lling material constitutes the entire 50 provide a mattress or cushion covering so cushion or mattress as the case may be. For constructed as to be very sanitary, to elimithe sake of clarity then, I shall refer to the nate the usual depressions and holes procovering generally as a casing, and desigduced .by stitching the edges of coverings by nate the same likewise generally, by the refio hand or by the use of machines as is now em- -,erence character A. x 55.l

ployed. In so forming the casing l employ a strip In attaining the result as above enumerof sheet felt, cotton wadding, sheet hair or ated my improved covering is so formed as other stiifening material, designated by the to be free of depressions or holes in the upreference character 5, and as is usually emwise be free from creases, or places where in general padding operation. The felt, vermin may congregate, dust and dirt colpadding, etc. designated as at 5 constitutes lect, as well as to prevent the formation of a stiening means for the mattress or cushion Y holes in the fabric resulting from the process and consequently consists of a strip of sufper or lower faces, near the edges and likeployed in filling mattresses or cushions or of 2c of manufacture, which holes are undesirable cient thickness, and cut to a proper Width 55 since they permit dust to be expelled from to produce the desired height of the boxing lthe mattress or cushion. or casing A. To the outer face of the rein- Another very important object of the inforcing or stiening strip 5 is placed a strip vention is to provide ,a mattress or cushion of material 6, which material 6 may be in the 25 covering wherein the time and course of form of ticking, as in the case of a mattress., manufacturing is substantially reduced. or of any other suitable, desired, fancy or Such result is attained by so forming the plain material, as would be employed in the covering as to require stitching only twice, making of .a cushion. The strip 5 of stiffenwhich stitching is necessary to unite the top ing material and the strip 6 which as before 3U vand bottom portions of the covering with the mentioned may be of any desired material 7:51

central portion, the said stitching not only constitutes the boxing or sides and ends of holding the sections together as above menthe cushion or mattress. A top covering 7 tioned, but also includes a means for stitchbeing preferably of a material corresponding the stiffening material for the covering. ing to the material 6 is stitched adjacent its 35l Other objects and advantages of the inmarginal edges to the fabric 6 and reinforcso vention will become apparent from a study ing strip 5 as at 9.

of the following description, taken in con- To the opposite marginal edges of the renection with the accompanying drawing, inforcing member 5 and fabric 6 is also sewherein: cured the bottom covering 10, as at 11, and el" Figure l is a fragmentary transverse secas is apparent from the drawing in exactly S5 tional view taken through my improved covthe same manner as the cover 7. When aslering. sembling the cover 7, and the bottom cover- Figure 2 is a fragmentary end view of the 'ing l0 to reinforcing member 5 and fabric 6, same. it is to be noted., that the material comprising *5 The present invention comprehends amatthe top and bottom to the material 6 and 90 stifening element 5, the several parts are sewn inside out, and thus it will be seen when the assembled casing is turned right side out for the purpose of filling, no threads or stitching show, and any holes made by stitching are covered by reversing the material constituting the top 7 and bottom 9 as at 8, as clearly illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawing. Thus is provided the completed casing, and it is to be understood of course when the casingl is so completed that a small section of some portion of the casing is left unsewn, or otherwise provided with inspection or filling slits through which maybe introduced the filling material for the main body of the matress or cushion. Such slits may be cut through the casing at the side or end of the boxing at any desired width before the top and bottom covering 6 and 7 respectively are attached, or such slits may be cut and finished after all sewing of the casing is completed, or in any other way desired. Such filling slits may be closed either by means of buttons, lacings, or zipper strips, sewing or in A any other manner. f

, It is also to be noted that in so forming my improved casing the reinforcing strip 5, the

` fabric 6 and the ends of the coverings 7 and 10 require but'two stitching operations, namely a stitching for securing the cover, the side, and end members or boxing 6 and reinforcing strip 5, and a stitching for securing the reinforcing strip, side and yend members or boxing and the bottom l0 as clearly shown in the drawing.

From the foregoing then it will be seen that I have provided an improved casing or covering for mattresses and cushions Awhich is very simple in construction, can be manufac-L tured in arelatively short time, and at a substantially small cost, will be thoroughly eflicient and sanitary, eliminating yany vplace where vermin, dust or dirt may collect, and

which is otherwise thoroughly efficient and capable for obtaining'the result for which it is designed.

While I have herein described the invention somewhat in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is susceptible to changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim Las new and desire to secure by Let# ters Patent is A covering for a mattress or cushion comprising a top member and a bottom member, a boxing for connecting said top and bottom members, said boxing constituting sides and ends for the covering, said boxing comprise ing an outer strip of fabric and an inner strip of reinforcing material corresponding in length and width to the length and width of said outer strip, said top and bottom memlbers at their marginal edges having portions folded inwardly against the adjacent sides and ends of the box, the free edges of the inwardly folded portions terminatmg inwardly from the free edges ofthe said adjacent sides and ends of said boxing, and a single row of stitching securing the said inner and outer strips of said boxing together, and securing the inwardly folded portion to said sides and ends of said boxing inwardly of the free edges of the said inwardly folded portions of said top and bottom members.

n testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

WILLIAM GEORGE.

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